Opt-in adventurer party should work, it has for me for years now.

Thanks for your help in both topics.

Actually..i love killing those guys ...thats like free boss loots for easy.

"♥♥♥♥ patrols" is also good, it just plains removes them. Given their current default state, however, i dont think either are really needed. The adventuring parties and of the such have been really toned back overall, i mean, the fights themselves might suck depending on where you build is still, but getting forced into is harder than before when they aggressively made B-lines to you from, as per the world map, hundreds of miles away.